NASSCO gets $115 million Navy MLP award

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $115,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-09-C-2229 for long-lead time material and advanced design efforts for Ship 1 of the Navy's Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) program.

The MLP will be based on an ALASKA-class crude oil carrier (four of which were built by NASSCO for BP) modified as a float-on/float-off vessel. Length: 837 ft, Beam: 164 ft, Speed: 15 knots, Range: 9,500 nm, Berths: 34,